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Leo Frank was a Jewish man who was lynched by an angry mob of racist whites, for a crime he did not commit. What role did Tom Watson and the media play in death of Leo Frank?

LEO FRANK CASE

In 1915, a Jewish man named Leo Frank was lynched by an angry mob of racist whites for a crime he did not commit. Leo Frank had been falsely accused of killing a young 14 yr old girl named Mary Phagan at the Atlanta Pencil Factory. He was sentenced to death in prison but Georgia Gov. John Slaton changed his sentence to life in prison even though the evidence showed Leo Frank did not kill the girl. Tom Watson called for people to take action and Leo Frank was kidnapped from prison and the mob hanged him from a tree near Marietta Square. An Atlanta preacher started the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan by burning a cross on top of Stone Mountain because of the Leo Frank case

The standard SS8H7 is asking you to analyze (investigate) the Leo Frank Case. Who was Leo Frank and why was he important? What was significant about the Leo Frank case? What did the Leo Frank Case reveal about race relations in Georgia? How did Leo Frank die? Do you feel the adult justice system fulfilled its role in the Leo Frank Case? What about the executive branch? Do you feel that the media and political figures should have been held responsible for Leo Frank's death?

LEO FRANK CASE
In 1915, a Jewish man named Leo Frank was lynched by an angry mob of racist whites for a crime he did not commit.
Leo Frank had been falsely accused of killing a young 14 yr old girl named Mary Phagan at the Atlanta Pencil Factory. He was sentenced to death in prison but Georgia Gov. John Slaton changed his sentence to life in prison even though the evidence showed Leo Frank did not kill the girl. Tom Watson called for people to take action and Leo Frank was kidnapped from prison and the mob hanged him from a tree near Marietta Square. An Atlanta preacher started the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan by burning a cross on top of Stone Mountain because of the Leo Frank case